GUILTY Nicaraugua - Karen Colclough, 37, Montelimar, 11 April 2014

A Wyoming woman originally from Lynnfield has gone missing in Nicaragua. Karen Colclough, 37, of Wilson, Wyoming, was with a Christian mission group in Nicaragua when she disappeared on April 11. The six-person mission, organized by the Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole and Agros International of Seattle, had finished its work and was at the Barcelo Montelimar resort, resting before heading home, according to her brother, Michael Colclough.

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Family friend Victoria Howland told Boston.com that Colclough went for a walk late that morning carrying only a camera, notebook, and bible. A farmer told investigators he saw Colclough walking in a cane field a couple of hours after she left the resort, Howland said. “Karen is incredibly responsible. She’s a kind, sweet person. She would not have taken off like this and worry everyone,” said Howland.

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Her brother Michael, who lives ins Meredith, N.H., told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 it is not known what happened. “I’m told that a local farmer saw her walking through a cane field toward some cliffs,” he said. “She had her Bible and a journal and camera with her and that’s all we know at this point.”

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A Lynnfield native who was reported missing in Nicaragua has been found dead and a suspect is in custody.

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A Nicaraguan man was convicted on Monday of killing a 37-year-old U.S. missionary from Lynnfield, Mass., last April, the Nicaraguan daily La Prensa reported. Fernando Antonio Aburto Reyes, 35, murdered Karen Colclough during the course of an aggravated robbery and rape, a Nicaraguan court ruled...

Glenda Zavala, head of Nicaragua’s Judicial Police, told local reporters that Aburto strangled Colclough to death after stealing her camera. Police linked Aburto to the crime after he sold Colclough’s camera to a local resident for $27. Police said Aburto had scratch marks on his arms, indicating a struggle, according to the Nicaragua Dispatch...

The prosecution asked Judge Henryette Casco for the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. The individual charges of rape, aggravated robbery and homicide would carry 12, 6 and 24 years, respectively. The judge will sentence Aburto on July 11.

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